The show continues to feature local restaurants but focuses on describing dishes and profiling chefs and owners.
Each element was rated 1 - 10, leading to final rankings of: The program broadcast its first episode on June 26, 1993, on New England Cable News with host Steve Martorano.
In March 2003, the Phantom Gourmet made a deal with Viacom to move the show to WSBK-TV beginning on September 20, 2003, where it has been since.
The deal also led to the "Restaurant Report Card" segment of the show to appear on sister station WBZ-TV's newscasts.
The Phantom Gourmet was suspended on June 14, 2020 following social media comments made by host Dave Andelman that mocked the George Floyd protests.
Dave Andelman continues to run the company while also appearing as an unseen narrator during the restaurant segments and frequent on-air contributor.
After WBZ, the station that airs The Phantom Gourmet, received a large number of complaints, Dave Andelman apologized for his posts spanning the last ten days.
The website also contains web versions of the Great 8, Top of the Food Chain, and Hidden Jewel segments of the television program.
On the June 3, 2006 show, host Dan Andelman conducted an interview with the Phantom, whose voice and identity were altered.
On May 2, 2009 the company hosted a new event, The Phantom Gourmet Wine & Food Phest at the Bayside Expo Center.
The tagline for the event, which featured 30 wines and 30 foods and a giant purple dance floor, was “wine snobs need not apply.” Andelman and his brothers have also taken over the longtime hot dog fundraiser that their father, sports radio talk show host Eddie Andelman, had hosted for the last 19 years.